Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17
sandy BowERss YoRTryE.

Two TeR-Fo0t Claims or TIE Comstoek Made
Him and His Wife very Rich
sandy Bowers mansion az Frank
tom New, il torn down, says the Denver
Tribune. Sandy was one OF the lucky char.
sctsrs N Nevada in an early dsy. de
owned ten feet on the BoRers claim or
the COmstoek, now known as the Imperi-
al Consolidated, and a certain good 10 *
ing girl owned another ten feet. -gheu
the bonanza on the claim va eek, the
ownership Of ? single foot made a man
wealthy. Sandy vas more than wealthy;
he had money 20 throw to the dogs, and
while be did not literally throw is that
way be threw lots Of 1t to the boys who
needed il. To know Sandy Bowers
was 70 have 6 sure thing on stake.
When money vas coming in most plenti-
fully Sandy and the pretty girl 20 whom
he had given the ten feet on the Bowers
Joined their fortunes ana got married.
and went % Europe on a Wedding trip.
Sandy was no fool He could well act the
part OF a cultured gentleman, and Mrs.
Bowers could act the part Of a 'ady. They
obtained an Introduction TO aristocratic
and royal circles IN nearly every country
they visited and they made their tour
last three years. Mrs. Bowers was present.
ed to Queen Victoria, and che cut quite a
dash IN Partisan circles
During his absence Sandy instructed
his Nevada agent TO build him palace in
certain spot at Franktowu. Tse loca-
tiOn was beautifully chosen. II gas on
the edge Of a plain. close 20 the foot OF q
pine covered mountain, out Of whose
sides bubbled bot and cold water springs.
The palace was built Of cat granite. 1t
vas long, wide building. with q wing at
each side. Il contained seventy rooms,
each one large, and with nigh ceilings.
The staircases were wide. and Of the most
costly and beautiful wood. The bath
rooms we're finished in marble, and every
portion Of the iuteior Of the house was
a. fine IS IL could be. The hot and cold
springs back OF the house carried water
10 the house and the beautiful lawn sur.
rounding n, and made lakes and fOuA-
tains. In one small pond was a pretty
island, on which was bird house made
Of glass. The stables we're filed with
blOOded stock, and the conservatory
with rare and costly plants. The house
was furnished with the richest furniture,
carpets, and curtains that money could
buy, and II was palacs of luxury.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowers entertained splsn-
didiy aud the latchstring was always out.
No tired fOotsore or dead broke pros
pector ever knocked at the door IN vain.
Sandy never forgot his old com panions
or his occupations, and, as the boys said.
He didn't feel a d Id bit bigger than he
did before he wore biiedshirls.
But it didn't last long, for one day San
dy died, leaving his widow with one little
yeliow-naired girl. After his death Mrs.
Bowers became the victim of a very IN
scrupulOus -windler, and soon became in
yolved IN debt She rented the house for
q dance house and kindred pl rposes, and
II rapidly went 10 ruin. Finally the little
girl died and WIS buried on the mountain
side behind the house beside her father.
Her death broke the spirit of Mrs. Bow
ere, who had by that time lost her
diamond, and everything she owned, and
she gave up the palace TO the man who
held the mortgage on it. That man was
one of the pennies prospectors who had
been entertained at her house in the days
Of her prosperity. The whirligig of min
ing fortune brought Kim his luck and he
l. now a solid citizen OF Reno. As for
Mrs Bowers, she Is an astrolOger and
fortune-teller in San Francisco.